A 1917 MANUFACTURED REMINGTON MOSIN-NAGANT RIFLE

A 1917 MANUFACTURED REMINGTON MOSIN-NAGANT RIFLE

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This excellent all matching serial number bolt action 7.62 caliber Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 infantry rifle was made by the Remington Arms Company for Czarist Russia during World War One. As the World War progressed the Russian industry remained ill-prepared to keep up with the demands of this modern war of attrition. Russia ordered over three million 1891 rifles from the US firms of Remington and Westinghouse. Peace with Germany in Spring 1917 put an end to these contracts.  After the Communist takeover of Russia, the Communists would default on the US contract, and the US government would buy out the contract to save Remington and New England Westinghouse. The US would then accept many of these Mosin-Nagants to be training rifles until wars end. They also were issued to the National Guard and eventually would sell them off to the public. These undelivered weapons that never left America were always proofed on the stocks with an eagle head and ordnance bomb. Many found today that are not so marked therefore made it to Russia either before the treaty between Russia and Germany or later with the American Siberian Expeditionary. Click on this link (American Expeditionary Force, Siberia - Wikipedia).

Please be aware that the Americans landed in places like Vladivostok, but these contingents carried Springfields. Only those soldiers sent to Murmansk had Remington or Westinghouse made Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifles and these bore no US and eagle proofs having reached England before Russia capitulated; they were already in England before The Revolution and were issued to those Americans heading specifically to Murmansk. This, our example, could have been one of these because it was in the Stone House Museum in Mid-New York State and was purchased by the owner from a veteran.

The rifle is matching on the breech, barrel, bolt, butt plate, cocking piece and magazine floor plate. The parts are all stamped R in a circle for Remington. All stampings in the metal like the Remington name, the 1917 date and the Czarist eagle are perfect. The metal is in excellent condition with 85% original factory blue overall. The wood stock is excellent with no cracks or breaks. The stock bears the inspection marks of Remington's "in house" Russia sent inspector. The bore is excellent with strong rifling. The correct cleaning rod is in place. The original excellent leather World War One 3-piece sling is intact and firmly in place; this in itself is a rarity. These rifles unmolested, in such "factory" condition, are now impossible to find. [pe][ph:L]

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